Note SurfSidekick branding in the popup's title bar. The Inqwire window was opened as a popup on my test PC, without my doing anything to request it.

Note also SurfSidekick's placement of the window, with its "x" button off-screen. The absence of an on-screen "x" makes it harder for typical users to close the unwanted window and to remove the unwanted advertisements.

Hula's Global-Store Buying Traffic from Look2me / Ad-w-a-r-e

The screenshot below (captured on June 10, 2006) shows Hula's Global-Store.net and its large advertisements, without bona fide substantive non-advertising content.

This window was opened by Look2me's Ad-w-a-r-e spyware, without my doing anything to request it. Packet log analysis confirms that the window came from Look2me spyware, despite Look2me's failure to place its name on the popup it opened.

Additional Hula Examples

The screenshots below show additional ads placed by well-known advertisers into Hula banner farms. All screenshots were captured on June 11-12, 2006.